Epiperipatus imthurni
Appearance
Epiperipatus imthurni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Epiperipatus |
Species: | E. imthurni
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Binomial name | |
Epiperipatus imthurni (Sclater, 1888)
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Epiperipatus imthurni is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.[1] The type locality is in Guyana.[2] No males have been recorded from this species. Females from Trinidad were shown to reproduce via parthenogenesis; the only velvet worm known to do so.[3]
References
- ^ Oliveira I.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.